Scott, I was right there with you! We brought z/XDC in @ Morino to aid in TSO/MON development, and it saved thousands of hours of debugging time, compared to using TSO TEST.
Dave's talent, vision and tenacity has helped the ISV industry beyond measure. Mike Shaw MVS/QuickRef Support Group Chicago-Soft, Ltd. On Sun, Nov 2, 2025, 12:24 PM Scott Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > Long live the #DIE macro !! > > My years at MORINO->LEGENT supporting MICS VCC (DASD/DFHSM collector) > aside my dev-guy colleague and recently-passed John Adams (and also Keith > Hatton, his predecessor) were always filled with his XDC antics > (multi-tasking address space) out of pure amazement, along with the decades > of very-fine support//guidance from you Dave and others a Cole Software !! > > A genuine: Thank you !! > > Regards, > > Scott Barry > SBBTech LLC > > > On Sat, 1 Nov 2025 01:38:01 -0400, David Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > > >As of this date (November 1st, 2025), my and my son's association > >with Colesoft Marketing has ended. It has been a long, sweet ride, > >but now it is over. > > > >However, this is not the end of the line for z/XDC, quite the > >opposite in fact. The development team remains, and future plans are > >exciting, so stay tuned. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I want to thank the developers, Mike, Frank, Peter, Cleon, Amber and > >Chris, for their loyalty to me, to the company and to the product. > >They are a first class development team, and they will have the > >pleasure of bring z/XDC into new arenas, while I will have the > >pleasure of resting. > > > >I especially want to thank Mike and Frank whose contributions to > >z/XDC and its support have been epic! > > > >Mike joined me at in the 1980s way back at the very beginning. He was > >the designer of the 3270 fullscreen interface which has been the face > >of z/XDC ever since. > > > >Frank came on board in the 1990s as the newest of newbies. He went > >from zero to becoming an absolute maven on his own! He developed a > >deep knowledge of assembler, of z/XDC, of z/OS, of Windows, of Linux, > >of languages and tools I've never heard of... of everything he needed > >to, and a lot more. Today, he is by far the best troubleshooter I > >have ever known. And of course, his coding skills are superior! > > > >While I'm focusing on the long term friends, I am by no means want to > >slight the newer guys. Peter and Chris bring with them lifetimes of > >knowledge and skill, while Cleon and Amber are helping to bring z/XDC > >into new worlds. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I also want to thank Wendie, Tamara and Dolly for their decades of > >loyalty to me and the company that I created. Tamara and Wendie built > >the back-office from scratch, and Dolly kept in clean. > > > >And of course there's Bob. He joined up with me in the 1980s at the > >very beginning and became the face of z/XDC to so many of you. He was > >a constant presence for our customers, knocking on doors, learning > >what people liked, reporting to me what they didn't like or were > >confused about or was broken, running classes that trained so many of > >you! He was a major reason for Colesoft's excellent reputation with > >out customers! > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I will miss these people. But it is time for me to go. And now I'm gone. > > > >Dave Cole > >Developer and Code Poet > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
